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Life imprisonment is the most severe criminal sentence available to the courts in Australia.Most cases attracting the sentence are murder.It is also imposed, albeit rarely, for sexual assault, manufacturing and trafficking commercial quantities of illicit drugs, and offences against the justice system and government security.
In 1895 South Australia also became the first Australian state to create a children's court, under the State Children’s Act 1895 (SA). [55] Today, it is known as the Youth Court, under the provisions of the Youth Court Act 1993 (SA). [56] Until 1969, matters were heard either in the Supreme Court or the Court of Petty Sessions.
The council aims to promote consistency and transparency in sentencing and promoting public understanding of the sentencing process. [1] The Sentencing Council consists of members appointed by the attorney general. Those members are made up from a diverse background to better represent the views of the community.
via AustLII: South Australian Law Reports: SALR: 1863-1920: via AustLII: Neutral citation: SASC: 1989-AustLII. BarNet JADE. SASCFC: 2010-AustLII. BarNet JADE. Court of Criminal Appeal and Full Court of the Supreme Court Supreme Court (Tas) Tasmanian Reports: Tas R: 1978-Thomson Reuters: Authorised report. 1978-1991: AustLII: Tasmanian State ...
AustLII was established in 1995. [1] [2] Founded as a joint program of the University of Technology Sydney and the University of New South Wales law schools, its initial funding was provided by the Australian Research Council. [3] Its public policy purpose is to improve access to justice through access to legal information. [4]
The Sentencing Advisory Council of Victoria is an independent statutory body that was established by the Victorian Government in 2004 to conduct research on sentencing in Victoria, Australia. [1] The Council comprises a board of between 11 and 14 directors, who are supported by a secretary.
The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) (1987–1991), also known as the Muirhead Commission, was a Royal Commission appointed by the Australian Government in October 1987 to Federal Court judge James Henry Muirhead QC, to study and report upon the underlying social, cultural and legal issues behind the deaths in custody of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people ...
Within the context of English and Welsh law, the totality principle is defined within the Criminal Justice Act 1991, that states that nothing in the Act "shall prevent the court ... in the case of an offender who is convicted of one or more other offences, from mitigating his sentence by applying any rule of law as to the totality of sentences". [5]